Rollins Park Gets Spooky at 20th Annual Halloween Festival
Photo Courtesy of: Breeanna Jent
Helena Vaca, 8, and her sister, Paulina Vaca, 7, asked visitors to "Eat Mor Chikin," dressed up as the Chik-Fil-A mascot cows.
Photo Courtesy of: Breeanna Jent
One furry Grand Terrace resident came dressed as a bumble bee.
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Emma and Carlos Vaca participated in games and collected candy dressed as a princess and a ninja.
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Children, festively dressed in costume, participate in a bean bag toss at the beginning of the festival.
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Frank Tetley, dressed as a judge, was the event's emcee. Here, he directs pet owners to the Grand Terrace Dog Park Committee booth, where they could register their costumed pets in the doggie costume contest.
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Sisters (from left) Heidi, Randie, Kerry and Tracey Ortloff show off their witches costumes at the event. The sisters regularly attend the event, they said. "We want to get as much Halloween as we can," shared Kerry.
Photo Courtesy of: Breeanna Jent
A construction worker (Kristofer Lindsley, 2) and a fall fairy (Tisza Lindsley, 4) show off their autumn spirit.
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The Grand Terrace Lions Club hosted for the second year its trunk-or-treat in the parking lot of Rollins Park. Dressed in costume, many also decorated their cars with ghoulish lights, smoke and other spooky Halloween props for the occasion.
Photo Courtesy of: Breeanna Jent
Superheroes roamed the ground, and here the Batman Squad is ready to take on the world. From left: ToniMarie Gonzales, 11, as Poison Ivy; Marlene Gonzales, 7, as Catwoman; Levi Gonzales, 4, as The Joker; McKenna Kecskes, 10, as Robin; and Katrina Gonzales, 9, as Batman.
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AJ Benson and his Weimaraner, Holly, enjoyed the booths.
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Fiesta Village mascots Bogey (left) and Slugger (right) were hardly recognizable as their Angry Bird counterparts. The mascots stopped to take photos with children throughout the evening.
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A furry resident was curious as to all the flashing lights as human residents gathered during the doggie costume contest to take photos of the dogs dressed in costume.
Photo Courtesy of: Bill Nessel
Aide Lazcano wins the first place creepiest in the 11+ costume contest category.
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No monkeyin' around here! The Barrielle family take the first place award in the family costume category as a gorilla and his three bananas.
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Grand Terrace residents dressed as a military man and his trusty dog came out to enjoy the activities.
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Two Wonder Women and their trusty crime-fighting pooches participated in both the costume and doggie costume contests.
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This scary vampire was one of the winners in the under four categories.
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Mrs. Potts from "Beauty and the Beast" was one of the winners in the cutest category.
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One young resident channels Boo from Disney/Pixar's iconic Monsters, Inc.
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